It revealed compelling evidence of a shared genetic basis for endometriosis and other types of pain seemingly unrelated to endometriosis, including migraine, back pain and multi-site pain. The study has also revealed that ovarian endometriosis has a different genetic basis from other disease manifestations. The results open up new avenues for designing new medical treatments targeting subtypes of endometriosis, or even the repurposing of existing pain treatments for endometriosis. These findings open up the possibility of designing new pain-focussed non-hormonal treatments, or repurposing existing pain treatments, for endometriosis. The full paper, 'The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions', is published in Nature Genetics.
